Sam Hardacre

Short Film

Gear's Heart

Cool idea. Unless you can speak Japanese, it's worth skipping the video ahead to about 40 seconds in.

Short Film

Skate

This is a great contender to Live Animation [http://www.skatevideosite.com/skatevideos/live-animation/soundtrack] in the area of photography. Gorgeous. Props to Elliott Kember [http://twitter.com/elliottkember] for finding it and posting it on Twitter.

Short Film

Hillman Curtis Artist Series

A series of short films [http://www.hillmancurtis.com/index.php?/film/view/artist_series/] featuring artists, illustrators and designers. I found the Paula Scher film of particular interest.

CSS

Is CSS3 ready to rock?

A great video by Andy Clarke [http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/] on CSS3 RGBa, be sure to check out the original blog post [http://forabeautifulweb.com/blog/about/is_css3_rgba_ready_to_rock/] for transcript and code examples.

This weekend...

I've been out for drinks, made another short film, had a long overdue meet up with friend, had a pub lunch, been frisked by two bouncers in the gents of a pub in Headingley (apparently winter clothing makes me look like a drug dealer), been out for more

Experimenting with still photos

I've been busy this morning. After taking a shot of the sunrise, I thought it'd be cool to try making another film, so I got dressed and legged it up the hillside and shot this. It's not the greatest but that's what

On the subject of design by Jason Santa Maria

A good piece [http://jasonsantamaria.com/articles/on-the-subject-of-design/] by Jason where he provides some great reading recommendations. Be sure to check out his recommended reading [http://jasonsantamaria.com/reading/] page for new additions...

My Day, Yesterday

Here's the final cut for my addition to the 'My day, yesterday' Flickr pool. I ended up editing in the early hours of this morning because I was finding it hard to sleep. I'll try editing a longer version so I can get some

A day to remember

My day of filming is drawing to an end and I have to say it's been an enlightening experience. I started looking at my normal monotonous world from a new perspective. It hasn't been life changing but I know this is a day to be stored

My day, yesterday - Production

We've just hit 10am(ish) in England and so far I've recorded my progress since getting up at 7am. I tried the old school style of trying to edit as I film (to save me time later on) which has turned out okay but I'

Fifty People, One Question - New Orleans

This was posted on Cameron Moll's site and thought it was pretty awesome.

Process

Struggling with motivation...

How do you stay motivated and focused in a world of distraction? I'm teeming with inspiration and ideas but I can't seem to rustle up the energy to start bringing the ideas into fruition. After getting home from work and eating food, my brain starts to

A few doodles for a Sunday afternoon

This weekend, I started a new sketchbook and thought it'd be pretty cool to put the pages out there for my mates to catch on Facebook and Flickr. For some reason I decided to film the process of doing a few doodles and what you see is the

The plan to print...

2008 has been a crap year for me in terms of doing art work. Although I know many people who are a constant inspiration, my lack of self-motivation has meant that as we approach the end of the year, I have no work to show other than some sketchbook pages.

The (in)accessibility of Dean Clough

I live in a small town in 'The North' of England called Halifax, a town which boasts some pretty amazing historical facts. The inventor of 'Cat's Eyes', the little reflective road markers was from here (and is also a distant relative of mine -

Apple

First post on my new MacBook

Yes! I'm glad to report I've finally made the transfer back to Apple and about time too! My old PC threw in the towel last Wednesday and as I need a computer I had no choice but to scamper off to my nearest Mac stockist. I&

Music

Fates by Erik Mongrain

I came across this guy last year when a friend sent me a link to a video on YouTube displying an unusual technique to play the guitar called 'Lap Tapping'. This technique has been around a long time, but I'd never seen this before. I was